REVELATIONS & RABBIT TRAILS

Well … Mother Nature’s “lion attitude” has been on the rampage since before daybreak, today 😒

It’s wet, raucous roar woke me up around 5 AM: and it’s STILL upset. I wish whoever is poking it with a sharp stick, would leave it alone!

April weather roaring like a lion ...

Hard pounding hail.

My ‘SPRING DAYBREAK’ Post, earlier in the day: (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2022/04/spring-daybreak.html)

I decided to ignore the April Lion’s posturing’s and sudden angry lunges, by surfing YouTube for music to drown out it’s feisty angsts 😉

Band of the Day - the Beatles.

Revelations were revealed along the celluloid route … and my thoughts raced down one or two rabbit trails at certain era junctions; but for about 10 minutes, the lion outside was forgotten 😊

Lennon discovered Paul.

65 Years Ago, 2 Boys Met: https://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/535612114/60-years-ago-2-boys-met-and-the-beatles-began

By 1966, the Beatles were old news.

I really didn't care for Lennon.

John’s Abusive Behavior: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/john-lennons-dark-side-domestic-6481985

Paul was a control freak.

Paul’s Egomania: https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-beatles/get-back-paul-mccartney/

Paul lost ground with me with his death hoax.

I remember watching the Nightly News broadcast of Paul’s “death” – complete with family pictures of him and his family on his Scottish Farm estate; I cried during the entire news coverage. I remember also, how angry and disgusted I was later when it came to light that the “report” was a publicity stunt to promote albums. I still get peeved when I think how he thought he could get away with it. And showing no remorse then … or now.

Paul’s Death Hoax: https://www.beatle.net/paul-mccartney-admits-beatles-planned-death-hoax/

There was 1 song George wrote I cannot listen to.

George – The ‘Quiet’ Pious Beatle: http://cardinalpointsonline.com/the-quiet-beatle-remembered/

I was sad when George died – but what I learned today makes me sad: George’s personal life sounds a lot like my sister’s husband; and she still praises him as “the best thing” that ever happened to her. It's a fanciful illusion, but it's not reality. David was a human snake: and so it appears, was George. This is a sad revelation ...

Cheater, hypocrite George … maybe he’s not so ‘likable’ after all ☹ https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/george-harrison-devoted-to-other-mens-wives/news-story/2ac22349e6f1a95be0f2f410bf00c684

Ringo is the lovable clown – who recognized he needed help to fly straight.

Ringo – The Compassionate Comedian: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/fun-facts-ringo-starr-author-talks-biography-funny/story?id=32197749 & Stalwart Survivor: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ringo-starr-thought-killed-wife-22317554

People's private lives are private IF they keep them so – I haven’t been able to track down the persistent bisexual rumors: so, I am assuming they are false. Or very closely guarded, which means it’s no one’s business.

'Greasers' snag my attention. LOL

Lennon & McCartney wearing the 'greaser' look - it tickled my Funny Bone to see this look on them   Lennon was 15 yo ... McCartney was 14: and their music changed the musical world. Forever.

My cousin Joe, had a bike similar to this one – he’d sit me on the gas tank and ferry me up and down the long gravel road from my Aunt Edna’s house to the main highway/back again, in Grand Rapids, MN. That was in 1962. Joe died about a year later. By the summer of 1965, my family had moved to WA State.

Motorcycles also grab my attention.

The motorcycle I spent most every weekend on, with Bob in 1974; while we were dating. This ‘full-dressed-Hog’ belonged to his father. I LOVED IT almost as much as I loved Bob (almost) 😉

Rabbit trails ...

A few tunes, and a few documentaries … and my thoughts were tripping down Memory Lanes at various eras of my life 😉

BEATLES SONGS

The Beatles ‘Early Years Mix’ –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7X1oUfa8uE&list=PLGH0aVHSD7V8hZ8wa5dxo2zfnycCJT-nV

The Beatles ‘Revolution’ –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw

The Beatles ‘Get Back Jo-Jo’ –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPbJSLWSWk8

The Beatles ‘Love’ Album –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bdqdO5LAIA&list=PLOJgNPpZvsA2JGb8sOpujVMF3jSuMDOcA

A Beatles Album Inspires Brutal Murder: https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/helter-skelter.html & https://www.history.com/news/charles-manson-helter-skelter#:~:text=How%20Charles%20Manson%20Took%20Sick,a%20race%20war%20and%20murder.&text=AP%20Photo-,Paul%20McCartney%20said%20the%20song%20was%20about%20a%20playground%20slide,a%20race%20war%20and%20murder. 

Helter Skelter link to Manson murders (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSUbpmgKRqI & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7csHqpcCiFQ): I don’t “get it”, but then I’m not given to delusional murderous tendencies – to me, it just sounds like aimless noise and drugged out chaos.

SPRING DAYBREAK

It’s been an interesting morning: WA weather has proven once again that it operates on schizoid behavior patterns.

The furious uproar woke me around 5 AM, with no hope of recapturing the quickly dampened zzz’s.

So, I got up and started a pot of coffee perking.

And glanced out all the surrounding windows.

I hope the rambunctious winds and pounding raindrops shake all the heavily blossomed tree limbs free of the pollen-rich blossoms, so I can get outside at some point. I hate being cooped up; and I’ve been refrained from outside activities for weeks with the wacky weather. 

Early morning view from livingroom window; 5 AM

I’m really feeling the effects of enforced cabin fever. I need fresh air. I need some sort of social interaction. I need unimpeded sunshine warmth – not liquid sunshine!

I need to open some windows and get busy with Spring Cleaning (breathing easy is necessary when using cleaners – even ‘easy-on-the-lungs’ homemade cleaners work best for me, with open windows).

The car needs a through washing – inside, and out.

Carport entrance.

Tree overhanging carport ... keeps me indoors.

Winds shaking pollen into the atmosphere; livingroom window.

Rain & wind whipping up a pollen infused toxic mix.

My life really needs a break from the constant rainfall, and gusty pollination ☹

There was a brief break in the gray clouds for about 5 minutes – the sunlight brightened the rooms … and I was (very briefly) able to admire the effects rain has on my potted flowerpots 😊

Center skylight showing sunshine.

Kitchen skylight.

Blue sky appearing around 7 AM

Kaleidoscope tulip center.

Striped Squill.

Bicolor striped tulip leaves.

The Parrot Tulips are still thriving; bought March 2019.

The admiration didn’t last long before the Lion was on its wet and snarly rampage again.

April weather roaring like a lion ...

YES PLEASE! Show yourself.

Gary Allen – ‘Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain’ song

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q3LEadIk3w)

I really hope the Lamb decides to come out and play. Soon.